On July 29, 2006, following our very first kiss, Jim pronounced us Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Audi! One year later, we find ourselves in the midst of continuing to fall in love with each other, learning more and more about unconditional love, learning that being quick to forgive is absolutely essential in marriage, learning that sitting with our Savior is also essential to our marriage - it's in Him that we find love, joy, forgiveness, patience, etc. If we're not connected to Him and being filled by Him, we're trying to
live life and live out our marriage on our own strength...and that can get ugly! ;-) However, when we are both seeking Jesus, He fills us to overflowing and out of that overflow are we then able to display the fruit of the spirit to one another...ahhhhh, the great lessons we are learning!Immediately following our family vacation, we rode up to D.C. with Daniel's parents
who dropped us off at our lovely bed and breakfast, the Swann House in Dupont Circle. We spent the eve of our one year anniversary there. Isn't it exquisite? - We thought so!! The house hosts were so friendly and helped give us tips on the area.We hung out at the Washington zoo that afternoon, then went to a nice Italian place tucked away on "U" Street for our anniversary dinner.
The next day, on our actual anniversary, we walked around the many monuments in D.C. Wow...such rich history! (Well, for what brief history we have here in our 231 year old country.) We saw the Washington monument as seen from the Lincoln Memorial, the wall commemorating the Vietnam veterans, the White House, the Jefferson Memorial, a 
newer memorial in honor of World War II, and this really interesting statue called the Awakening Statue at Hane's Point. Check it out! It's of a man whose body is buried half way in the ground and he's trying to free himself from the ground. 
Not sure of the thoughts behind it all, but it makes for interesting pictures...and as you can tell by our blog, Daniel and I are all about pictures!Our anniversary concluded on a plane that took us back to Fort Worth Ahh...nothing like home sweet home and the joy of celebrating one year of marriage to finish off those 17 days! Maybe we could write a book - from Fort Worth to Antalya to Virginia Beach to Washington, D.C. to Fort Worth in 17 days. Think it would be a top seller?
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Congrats Kim and Daniel on one year.....we also just recently celebrated one year and like you are so blessed to see how the Lord has worked in our lives in such a short time. And as we embark on the journey of parenthood (with the arrival Oct. 1st) God is continuing to bless beyond measure. I am excited to see how God continues to reveal his plan to you two. Blessings! Sheralyn Smith Long
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